Bill de Blasio swept into office on a pledge to transform New York's 'tale of two cities' by ending income inequality, raising taxes on the evil 1%, doling out free or reduced-cost housing for poor and working-class residents, and establishing that all-important job-creating engine, pre-kindergarten education.

But just three weeks into his tenure as mayor of America's biggest city, the man born Warren Wilhelm in Manhattan 52 years ago has already raised hackles with his many detractors -- and even some of his staunchest supporters.

First, despite campaign pledges of bipartisanship and unity, his 1 January inauguration was filled with vitriol and venom. Calypso singer Harry Belafonte, oddly given a prime speaking role, served up some gruel as he derided the city for its "deeply Dickensian justice system." Newly appointed "public advocate" Letitia James brought a living prop on stage: a 12-year-old girl who, she said, was there highlight child hunger....

Exactly right. Anyone with a brain knows this train is going to end up off the tracks, and who doesn’t like a good trainwreck? In the end, de Blasio will probably end up doing more damage to the liberal progressive cause than a truckload of Sean Hannity bobbleheads could in a decade.

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posted on 01/20/2014 8:51:06 PM PST
by bigbob
(The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)

Good. Let them try every looney ProgTard policy they can. We can use New York as a kind of Zoo or Reservation, where the idiots demonstrate just what happens when they actually get power.

It’s starting to remind me of the late 70s, when Liberals had overwhelming majorities after Watergate and they instituted so many policies that were bad, that to this day they have to run from the label and the only way they could get elected was to wear the mask of being “ moderate” . Once again they have let the mask slip, and we can see them full on in all their “Progressive” glory.

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posted on 01/20/2014 8:52:11 PM PST
by Kozak
("Send them back your fierce defiance! Stamp upon the cursed alliance! To arms, to arms in Dixie!)

Sending NYC further backwards. It’s always been a petri dish for progressives (took over the mass transit system per the Communist Manifesto, drove manufacturing out in the 50s and 60s with their plethora of public programs), but something tells me that they’re actually going to plumb the depths of squalor this time.

There are a couple of glaring errors in this piece. Not that I disagree with the author in general about the communist DeBlasio, but Letitia James was elected Public Advocate, not appointed; and the current governor is Andrew “evil eyes” Cuomo, not his father former gov. Mario “faccia brutta” Cuomo. (Curtis Sliwa’s nicknames for them both.)

It's the old story line lefties have been using for over one hundred years: the poor are poor because the rich are rich. Of course, the lefties have to promote this myth because that's where the votes are. You can always get the thief vote by promising to rob the producers to give to the parasites/thieves.

his scam will fail like all leftist scams, but it will not end the never-ending supply of leftist "reformers" who promise to make all things right with the "poor and oppressed." You can bet Harry Belafonte and ilk do not live among the poor and oppressed.

It would have been great to have Kinison run for mayor in NYC. I don't know which party he'd run under, but I can visualize Sam speaking at a public function.

Starting off in a low-key voice smiling at the crowd

"Hey all you poor New Yorkers. You know why you're poor? (voice suddenly changing into Kinison shouting volume) BECAUSE MOST OF YOU ARE STUPID LAZY PARASITES!!!! THAT'S WHY YOU'RE POOR YOU BUNCH OF EFFING WORTHLESS LEECHES!!! (voice change back to calm Kinison.)Thanks folks, and remember to vote for me on polling day. Bye."

Cities are the scourge of society not the center of civilization many think. Cities are where all the problems begin, all the money flows, all the major corruption is, where all the major crime is and where the majority of liberals live and the entitlement crowds flock to.

I suppose those figures dont include non-taxable government benefits?

I'd guess not -- but the sheep are already being pretty closely shorn pay for all of New York's generous social benefit programs. New York states's residents have the highest total tax burden of Obama's 57 states -- New York City's taxes are the highest in the state.

I'm only surprised that Atlas hasn't shrugged in New York. Yet.

This experiment is going to be interesting to watch -- from the other side of the Hudson River. (Probably safest to watch it from a bunker a thousand miles away.)

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posted on 01/21/2014 4:58:25 AM PST
by Sooth2222
("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)

"Hey all you poor New Yorkers. You know why you're poor? (voice suddenly changing into Kinison shouting volume) BECAUSE MOST OF YOU ARE STUPID LAZY PARASITES!!!! THAT'S WHY YOU'RE POOR YOU BUNCH OF EFFING WORTHLESS LEECHES!!! (voice change back to calm Kinison.)Thanks folks, and remember to vote for me on polling day. Bye."

I'd have voted for him just to hear him rant. Can you imagine his SOTU message?

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